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DESCRIPTION:The Volksbühne presents an evening on art and language\, with o
ne-act plays by Samuel Beckett and works by Tino Sehgal. The programme wil
l unfold in the entire building: on stage\, in the auditorium and the foye
rs\, thereby traversing different formats and modes of interaction.\n\nBec
kett devised a new form of spoken theatre with his monologues. In these li
terary-poetic compositions Beckett is concerned with the mental spaces of
theatre and television\, which influence how we understand and use languag
e. Not I (1972) is one of the most radical spoken-word theatrical works of
the 20th century: minimalistically condensed\, fragmented\, monologic yet
polyphonic. Footfalls (1976) and Eh Joe (1966) is a rigorous arrangement\
, where sight and sound are played out against each another and what remai
ns is the voice.\n\nTino Sehgal represents a radical redefinition of art a
nd how it is experienced. His works\, usually presented in exhibitions\, o
nly take shape when the viewer encounters them. Since 2000\, the Berlin-ba
sed artist has been constructing live situations\, in which interpreters e
ngage with the visitors\, either through conversations or through singing.
Sehgal took his first dance classes in the mid-1990s with Kresnik dancer
Liliana Saldaña at Volksbühne’s youth theatre P14\; His early aesthetic so
cialisation was strongly marked by Kresnik and Schlingensief productions a
t the Volksbühne\, as well as by Einar Schleef’s work at the Berliner Ense
mble. “It was as a 19-year-old at the Volksbühne\, that I understood that
in art basically everything is possible. That may sound banal\, but it was
decisive\,” says Sehgal.\n\nWhat Beckett and Sehgal share is that they bo
th situate themselves in relation to the traditions of theatre and art\, w
hilst simultaneously moving beyond them. Their encounter brings different
approaches on art and language into dialogue: a late-modernist poetry infu
sed with existentialism meets an artistic practice that seeks to engage in
dialogue with the visitors to reflect on prevailing figures of thought an
d fundamental structures of our time.\n\nPhoto: Landesarchiv Berlin\, Oska
r Kaufmann\, around 1933\n\n \n\nCast Beckett\n\nwith: Anne Tismer\, Morte
n Grunwald\n\nDirector: Walter Asmus\nStage &amp\; costume design: Alex Ea
les\n\nCast Sehgal\n\n\nTino Sehgal\nVarious works\nU.a. Including Nikita
Broadbent\, Wiley Joy\, Simone Kanda and Frank Willens\nMusik: Andreas Kar
peryd\, Ari Benjamin Meyers and works by Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parren
o
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